July 31, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5405 

There was no objection. 

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RECESS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair 

declares the House in recess until approximately 3:30 p.m. today. 

Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 14 minutes p.m.), the House stood in recess. 

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AFTER RECESS 

The recess having expired, the House 

was called to order by the Speaker pro 

tempore (Mr. SIMPSON) at 3 o’clock and 

30 minutes p.m. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

PRO TEMPORE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair 

will postpone further proceedings 

today on motions to suspend the rules 

on which a recorded vote or the yeas 

and nays are ordered, or on which the 

vote incurs objection under clause 6 of 

rule XX. 

Record votes on postponed questions 

will be taken later. 

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PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING 

ACT OF 2011 

Mr. CHAFFETZ. Mr. Speaker, I move 

to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

(S. 679) to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

S. 679 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Presidential 

Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining 

Act of 2011’’. 

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO SENATE APPROVAL. 

(a) AGRICULTURE.— 

(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

FOR ADMINISTRATION.—Section 218(b) of the 

Department of Agriculture Reorganization 

Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6918(b)) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a)’’; 

(B) by striking subsection (c); and 

(C) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 

(2) RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 232(b)(1) of the Department 

of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 

U.S.C. 6942(b)(1)) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘, by and with the advice 

and consent of the Senate’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

(3) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—Section 9(a) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714g(a)) is amended in the third sentence by striking ‘‘by and 

with the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(b) COMMERCE.— 

(1) CHIEF SCIENTIST; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.—Section 2(d) 

of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. 

App. 1) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and with 

the advice and consent of the Senate,’’. 

(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 138(a)(1) of title 

10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘16’’ and inserting ‘‘14’’. 

(B) ADMINISTRATION OF REDUCTION.—The 

Assistant Secretary of Defense positions 

eliminated in accordance with the reduction 

in numbers required by the amendment made 

by subparagraph (A) shall be— 

(i) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Networks and Information Integration; and 

(ii) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Public Affairs. 

(C) CONTINUED SERVICE OF INCUMBENTS.— 

Notwithstanding the requirements of this 

paragraph, any individual serving in a position described under subparagraph (B) on the 

date of the enactment of this Act may continue to serve in such position without regard to the limitation imposed by the 

amendment in subparagraph (A). 

(D) PLAN FOR SUCCESSOR POSITIONS.—Not 

later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall report to the congressional defense committees on his plan for successor 

positions, not subject to Senate confirmation, for the positions eliminated in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. 

(2) MEMBERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION BOARD.—Section 803(b)(7) of the David 

L. Boren National Security Education Act of 

1991 (50 U.S.C. 1903(b)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘by and with the advice and consent of 

the Senate,’’. 

(3) DIRECTOR OF SELECTIVE SERVICE.—Section 10(a)(3) of the Selective Service Act of 

1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 460(a)(3)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(d) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.— 

(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT.—Section 202(e) of the Department of 

Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 

3412(e)) is amended by inserting after the 

first sentence the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the appointments of individuals to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Management shall not be 

subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.’’. 

(2) COMMISSIONER, EDUCATION STATISTICS.— 

Section 117(b) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9517(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and with the advice and 

consent of the Senate,’’. 

(e) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES.— 

(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the appointment of an individual to 

serve as the Assistant Secretary for Public 

Affairs within the Department of Health and 

Human Services shall not be subject to the 

advice and consent of the Senate. 

(f) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

(1) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC

PREPAREDNESS; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF

THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, GRANT PROGRAMS.—Section 430(b) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

238(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and with 

the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(2) ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES

FIRE ADMINISTRATION.—Section 5(b) of the 

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 

1974 (15 U.S.C. 2204(b)) is amended by striking 

‘‘, by and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate,’’. 

(3) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT.—Section 878(a) of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

458(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and with 

the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(4) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.—Section 516(a) 

of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 321e(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, by 

and with the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(5) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.—Section 103(a) 

of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 113(a) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under paragraph (2), there’’; 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

through (10) as subparagraphs (A) through 

(J), respectively; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.—If any of the 

Assistant Secretaries referred to under paragraph (1)(I) is designated to be the Assistant 

Secretary for Health Affairs, the Assistant 

Secretary for Legislative Affairs, or the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, that Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the 

President without the advice and consent of 

the Senate.’’. 

(g) HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.— 

Section 4(a) of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 

3533(a)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘eight’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’; 

and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) There shall be in the Department an 

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, who 

shall be appointed by the President and shall 

perform such functions, powers, and duties 

as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to 

time.’’. 

(h) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 

(1) DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.—Section 302(b) of title I of the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 3732(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 

by and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate’’. 

(2) DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE.—Section 401(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 (42 U.S.C. 3741(b)) is amended by striking 

‘‘, by and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate’’. 

(3) DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—Section 202(b) of title I of the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 3722(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, 

by and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate’’. 

(4) ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF JUVENILE

JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.—Section 201(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

5611(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and 

with the advice and consent of the Senate,’’. 

(5) DIRECTOR, OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF

CRIME.—Section 1411(b) of the Victims of 

Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10605(b)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(i) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.— 

(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FOR ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—Notwithstanding section 2 of the Act 

of April 17, 1946 (29 U.S.C. 553), the appointment of individuals to serve as the Assistant 

Secretary for Administration and Management and the Assistant Secretary for Public 

Affairs within the Department of Labor, 

shall not be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. 

(2) DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN’S BUREAU.— 

Section 2 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (29 U.S.C. 

12) is amended by striking ‘‘, by and with the 

advice and consent of the Senate’’. 

(j) DEPARTMENT OF STATE; ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ASSISTANT


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